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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk%20guide/near/180455511" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk.20guide.html#180455511">(Nov 11 2019 at 20:05)</a>:</h4>
<p>One of the things I was thinking is that I think the rustc-guide content on chalk should move to a separate chalk book</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk%20guide/near/180455585" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Sunjay Varma <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk.20guide.html#180455585">(Nov 11 2019 at 20:06)</a>:</h4>
<p>Yeah there's definitely enough content there for it to be separate</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk%20guide/near/180455604" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk.20guide.html#180455604">(Nov 11 2019 at 20:06)</a>:</h4>
<p>I think the goal is that people should be able to contribute to chalk without really knowing that much about rustc</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk%20guide/near/180455607" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk.20guide.html#180455607">(Nov 11 2019 at 20:06)</a>:</h4>
<p>if we do our job right</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk%20guide/near/180455610" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk.20guide.html#180455610">(Nov 11 2019 at 20:06)</a>:</h4>
<p>and vice versa :)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk%20guide/near/180458543" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Keith Yeung <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk.20guide.html#180458543">(Nov 11 2019 at 20:47)</a>:</h4>
<p>that's already the  case i believe</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk%20guide/near/180458559" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Keith Yeung <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk.20guide.html#180458559">(Nov 11 2019 at 20:47)</a>:</h4>
<p>chalk has its own internal IR and doesn't quite interface much with the rest of  the compiler</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk%20guide/near/182814727" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk.20guide.html#182814727">(Dec 06 2019 at 23:20)</a>:</h4>
<p>So I've been looking into setting this up</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk%20guide/near/182814741" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk.20guide.html#182814741">(Dec 06 2019 at 23:20)</a>:</h4>
<p>I might need a bit of advice from <span class="user-mention" data-user-id="121055">@Pietro Albini</span> about the best way to configure github actions though :)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk%20guide/near/182814759" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk.20guide.html#182814759">(Dec 06 2019 at 23:21)</a>:</h4>
<p>e.g., should I just have <code>cargo install mdbook</code> in there?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk%20guide/near/182814765" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk.20guide.html#182814765">(Dec 06 2019 at 23:21)</a>:</h4>
<p>or is there something better</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk%20guide/near/182814776" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk.20guide.html#182814776">(Dec 06 2019 at 23:21)</a>:</h4>
<p>let me add a todo item to reply on monday</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk%20guide/near/182814778" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk.20guide.html#182814778">(Dec 06 2019 at 23:21)</a>:</h4>
<p>too tired right now</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk%20guide/near/182814785" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk.20guide.html#182814785">(Dec 06 2019 at 23:21)</a>:</h4>
<p>/me did not expect you to be awake</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk%20guide/near/182814794" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk.20guide.html#182814794">(Dec 06 2019 at 23:21)</a>:</h4>
<p><span aria-label="sweat smile" class="emoji emoji-1f605" role="img" title="sweat smile">:sweat_smile:</span></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk%20guide/near/182814881" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Pietro Albini <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/chalk.20guide.html#182814881">(Dec 06 2019 at 23:22)</a>:</h4>
<p>just laying on the couch with my laptop</p>



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